tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58820321303151856852024-03-13T01:26:24.338-07:00Choose LifeA soilder for The One who saved me. Philippians 1:21-23Evan Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143097157048316510noreply@blogger.comBlogger466125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882032130315185685.post-39912078090082763552020-12-30T16:45:00.001-08:002020-12-30T16:45:05.086-08:00Pushin through... ( poetry.)Sometimes it takes time to push through,<div><br /></div><div>It can indeed take loads of strength,</div><div><br /></div><div>Especally when it is so dark always,</div><div><br /></div><div>And it just seems things will never change,</div><div><br /></div><div>Yet it is of much note,</div><div><br /></div><div>That there will always forever be hope,</div><div><br /></div><div>The goal is to find it and keep afloat and alive. </div><div><br /></div><div>- Evan W. </div>Evan Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143097157048316510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882032130315185685.post-31572565863987306342020-10-20T06:45:00.004-07:002020-10-20T06:45:38.148-07:00He is With Us<p>Even when the world seems dark,</p><p>He is with us,</p><p>Even when evil breaks our hearts,</p><p>He is with us,</p><p>Even when all hope seems gone,</p><p>He is with us,</p><p>Even when nothing good comes,</p><p>He is with us,</p><p>Every time a child dies,</p><p>He is even then with us,</p><p>Every time we wonder if he hears our cries,</p><p>Even then he is with us,</p><p>So trust in Him,</p><p>Since from start to end, </p><p>He will be with us. </p><p><br /></p>Evan Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143097157048316510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882032130315185685.post-43475319888245229322020-10-13T09:05:00.004-07:002020-10-13T09:05:35.688-07:00I'm back!<p> Hi to anybody who still follows this blog still. I just wanted to announce the news ... after over 1 year and </p><p>a lot of thought I decided ... I'M BACK!!! I don't know where this blog will go from here and I hope you </p><p>guys who never unfollowed me will stay around, cause Timeislove is back in business! I hope to make </p><p>better quality posts and posts each month. So stay tuned, if you are still here. I am indeed back in business. </p><p>IF you could leave feedback on what you might want to see please let me know. - Evan W. </p>Evan Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143097157048316510noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882032130315185685.post-16400735539582937772019-12-22T14:24:00.000-08:002019-12-22T14:24:05.461-08:00What i've learned these last few weeks ....Hi readers! I've learned a lot this month i've as my dad says " got the plague " for the first time in like 3 years and in essence, almost went insane. But during this time, which finally ended a few days ago, I guess God taught me some things<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> PATIENCE <span style="color: lime;"> </span></span><br />
It turns out that it is a really good skill to have, and I don't know if you are like me, but it is really hard to have patience when things seem like they are taking forever. With God's help and a bit of encouragement, it is able to somehow be able to learn to be patient. Sitting on the bathroom floor sick and with a sick body for nearly 12 days can be learning the hard way. Whether it is waiting on dinner at a cafe, or for a church service to finally end, remember to not get too hasty or else it will just make you feel worse. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">GRATITUDE</span><br />
It also ended up a little learning about gratitude and being grateful for what even when in misery,<br />
have. Basic things like support and people caring about you, that things could be so much worse but they are not as horrible as they indeed could be. No matter the situation, there is always something to be grateful for, in every situation a person goes through. So, even when it's so difficult, it's best to try to use it.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> TRUST </span><br />
Trust God always, even through the hard times. He is indeed there, even while you are hurting, He is there. Others can be busy, even if they care, leaving you alone on the coach coughing like crazy to the point your body is shaking, all the while nervous that you'll lose your job due to how many sick days that you had to call in, and if you will be able to make it to take that final exam. No matter how hard it can be, trusting God and that he will help you is critical, in any situation.<br />
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How about you guys, has there ever been a situation that has left you feeling horrible like nothing will ever get better, and all hope is gone? be free to discuss in the comment section below. I would like to hear y'all's thoughts.<br />
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Evan Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143097157048316510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882032130315185685.post-62595708035846450802019-11-02T18:22:00.000-07:002019-11-02T18:22:50.013-07:00take this hurt away from me!Take the hurt away from me,<div>
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The young man cried in hurt,</div>
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Strong, that was supposed to be him,</div>
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But inside he was feeling weak,</div>
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just sick of just not knowing how to cope,</div>
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With division ringing through the walls,</div>
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A home which was once ok, </div>
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It had become a warzone,</div>
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depression is taking over but it has to be hidin,</div>
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Cause others must be first,</div>
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the reason he is even Alive,</div>
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It is only from strength given by the Lord,</div>
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but life was still rough every day,</div>
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All he wants is a escape, </div>
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And right now all i'm feeling is </div>
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" Lord, take all this pain away from me!"</div>
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Evan Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143097157048316510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882032130315185685.post-61846991705091260112019-10-26T21:08:00.002-07:002019-10-26T21:08:41.417-07:00getting back upSometimes it's hard,<br />
<br />
And it seems like you're going to fall,<br />
<br />
To fall into the abyss,<br />
<br />
And getting off the floor is the hardest part,<br />
<br />
But even still it can be done,<br />
<br />
Even if things seem hopeless,<br />
<br />
There is always hope,<br />
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<br />Evan Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143097157048316510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882032130315185685.post-90725403082151191752019-09-08T21:08:00.000-07:002019-09-08T21:08:18.873-07:00suicide prevention week, a poem, and your life is worth living!HI. To any readers worldwide, I am wanting to share with y'all it is suicide awareness week.<br />
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As a survivor of multiple suicide attempts, I understand things can get really rough and<br />
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even can be excessively rough. If you need help there is hope in Christ, who cares so much for<br />
<br />
you. Be free to contact me if you want to hear more about that. Anyways, every 12 minutes in the<br />
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U.S.A. someone dies of a suicide attempt. I don't know who may be reading this, but please<br />
<br />
If you are having thoughts of suicide, be free to call the following numbers:<br />
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1-800-273-8255. that is the national suicide prevention lifeline. You could also text 741-741. That is<br />
<br />
the Crisis Text Line number. Finally, if you want to reach out to me, contact me at whiteevan12@gmail.com I'll leave with this poem:<br />
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<i>Even when it gets rough,</i><br />
<i><br /></i>
<i>And things seem too tough to bear,</i><br />
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<i>There is still hope,</i><br />
<i><br /></i>
<i>The darkness may always be there,</i><br />
<i><br /></i>
<i>But it don't have to prevail.</i>Evan Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143097157048316510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882032130315185685.post-1907789833706915852019-07-29T18:10:00.002-07:002019-07-29T18:10:54.679-07:00can't do it aloneSometimes, it seems like I've got it all,<br />
<br />
But This can't be done myself,<br />
<br />
He is with me throughout it all,<br />
<br />
Many days I am depression-prone,<br />
<br />
As if I'm all alone,<br />
<br />
And that darkness reminds me,<br />
<br />
He will never leave me alone,<br />
<br />
Always here,<br />
<br />
Lord thank you,<br />
<br />
Cause I can't do it alone.<br />
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<br />Evan Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143097157048316510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882032130315185685.post-72107145347031293242019-07-02T11:14:00.002-07:002019-07-02T11:14:32.534-07:00JoyfullnessAs she looked through her life,<div>
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For the very first time,</div>
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Amy started to feel joy inside,</div>
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<div>
The one who saved her was there all along,</div>
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Even when she was self-harming,</div>
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Torn with thoughts so painful it hurt,</div>
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He was actually still there with her,</div>
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As she slowly recovered Amy realized,</div>
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" I finally feel alive.",</div>
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Evan Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143097157048316510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882032130315185685.post-73266940291743236032019-06-24T04:34:00.000-07:002019-06-24T04:34:42.106-07:00Never too lateEven when you've lost yourself,<div>
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It is never too late,</div>
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Even when everything is not well,</div>
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It is never too late,</div>
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Even as the strength to fight starts to fail,</div>
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It is never too late,</div>
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So today if you are struggling</div>
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Make the choice to keep fighting,</div>
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Cause it is never too late </div>
Evan Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143097157048316510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882032130315185685.post-28769739736188034742019-05-24T10:51:00.001-07:002019-05-24T10:51:18.187-07:00Never gonna give upSometimes things seem so wrong,<br />
<br />
But the Lord is always there even when it hurts,<br />
<br />
Because of HIm I'm never gonna give up,<br />
<br />
I could have been chained with burdens,<br />
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Burdens all my whole life,<br />
<br />
But He saved me from them away on the Cross,<br />
<br />
Yes, they still come and go,<br />
<br />
But never will they drag down,<br />
<br />
What He has given me inside,<br />
<br />
So even when things get super rough,<br />
<br />
I will not give up!Evan Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143097157048316510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882032130315185685.post-69896696424315203092019-04-27T20:10:00.000-07:002019-04-27T20:10:44.427-07:00hell breaking looseHell breaks loose,<br />
<br />
As Amy stares at the noose,<br />
<br />
Her younger sister died with,<br />
<br />
watching the failing heart inside was just rough,<br />
<br />
But seeing the illness take her away was almost too much,<br />
<br />
Amy said " What did I not do?" ,<br />
<br />
And " Was there anything I missed?",<br />
<br />
The fight was rough being ill herself,<br />
<br />
Yet seeing her sister dead left with Amy a wound,<br />
<br />
That may never ever heal.<br />
<br />
...................... Whatever is going on whoever may read this life is worth it please keep fighting. - the creator behind AmyEvan Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143097157048316510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882032130315185685.post-91315012884649902592019-03-31T05:35:00.001-07:002019-03-31T05:35:55.440-07:00Anxiety, leave me alone.Dear anxiety you seem to hurt a lot,<br />
<br />
The damage trying to be done cuts to the core,<br />
<br />
Of a hurting person's soul ,<br />
<br />
It is just not ok,<br />
<br />
Dear Anxiety,<br />
<br />
Why can't you let be,<br />
<br />
And not torture me?<br />
<br />
Dear anxiety,<br />
<br />
We meet every day ,<br />
<br />
Why can't we just break up,<br />
<br />
You and I are not good together.<br />
<br />
Dear God,<br />
<br />
please help the anxiety go away,<br />
<br />
Before I go insane.Evan Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143097157048316510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882032130315185685.post-84384089989969835962019-03-28T17:34:00.000-07:002019-03-28T17:34:39.305-07:00When with her.When with her I feel better 'bout myself,<br />
<br />
Bout how i'm messed up but loved by her anyways,<br />
<br />
How special she done became,<br />
<br />
I think about how if she left,<br />
<br />
It would never ever be the same,<br />
<br />
I would lose my fellow rebel,<br />
<br />
<br />
And my partner in crime,<br />
<br />
And God blesses me ever day,<br />
<br />
With a smile like hers.Evan Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143097157048316510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882032130315185685.post-6658877366436585782019-03-17T05:47:00.001-07:002019-03-17T05:47:54.396-07:00He keeps me hanging on ( not a poem for once in a while!)So, God is really good . Despite everything going on in this world, he is in control, and not just in world events, but in Christian's lives also. What is this post about, anyways? To anyone reading, i'm ok now and I just thought i'd share this mainly as sunday hope story of encouragement.<br />
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Recantly, just like 2 fields, college anxiety and the depression part of Manic Depression ( Bipolar Disorder) has been driving me nuts! I have felt hopeless off and on due to looming projects that have left a sense of fear and nervousness and anxiety and depression. I'm way far back in college than I should be, and nervous on 700 different levels. Last night was the second night I felt almost to the point of hurting myself due to it all.<br />
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Mentally, I feel often like if I don't pass these classes I'm a failure and worthless. Like I have screwed up in life due to failure to keep things in one piece. It is a HORRIBLE mindset and is kinda toxic.<br />
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<br />
So, last night off and on I had thoughts of self-harm, which is VERY rare, it was like hitting a brick wall. It is, and the anxiety is not going to go away until I have finished this semester. Getting that upset and depressed is VERY rare. God uses the weirdest things to get people under control when they are upset inside.<br />
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<br />
Well, my sister at 11ish PM was posting in a group chat I was part of about how she couldn't sleep due to a wasp or Yellowjacket in her room and she has a way of taking a bad situation she is in and turning it into humor due to exaggerations and relating it to random things. Her amusing narrative made my depression go away and be replaced with humor.<br />
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Conclusion: God is Good and it is crazy awesome how He can use some of the weirdest ways possible as a means to help Evan cope with depression. For any Christian readers, has there been a time God used some weird experience to cheer you up when depressed? Thoughts? Evan Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143097157048316510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882032130315185685.post-31345406045247085042019-03-12T15:05:00.002-07:002019-03-12T15:05:30.352-07:00Amung the ashesAmong the ashes, he gives us Hope,<br />
<br />
Despite the situation we are in the Lord is there,<br />
<br />
You may be going through the hardest time of your life,<br />
<br />
But still, he is there among the ashes giving hope,<br />
<br />
Tonight if you are thinking about pain,<br />
<br />
Look up and remember the One who created you,<br />
<br />
The one who saved you and you let in,<br />
<br />
And chose you before you were born as His.<br />
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<br />Evan Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143097157048316510noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882032130315185685.post-62765302846029630232019-02-27T20:28:00.001-08:002019-02-27T20:28:12.835-08:00Mandy's songsitting down she smiled,<br />
<div>
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<div>
looking at Mandy's eyes, </div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Amy started to sing,</div>
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Mandy if you only knew,</div>
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How much you mean to me,</div>
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Like a light in the night,</div>
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You help me see through the pain,</div>
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Caring for you is the best thing to do,<br />
<br />
Oh, little child of mine, I love you so.</div>
Evan Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143097157048316510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882032130315185685.post-63237352699554575832019-02-07T15:11:00.000-08:002019-02-07T15:11:45.912-08:00slowly dying...Amy laid in her bed,<br />
<br />
just burning indside,<br />
<br />
hurting over everything she said,<br />
<br />
and all she had did,<br />
<br />
in her life and why ,<br />
<br />
she wanted to say goodbye,<br />
<br />
The only reason Amy had stayed,<br />
<br />
Was for God and for her baby,<br />
<br />
Yet still she was slowly starting to fade,<br />
<br />
The fight got hearder every day,<br />
<br />
And Amy started cutting to finally feel,<br />
<br />
Anything was better than nothing at all,<br />
<br />
So she prayed To God as she slit her wrists,<br />
<br />
saying " God help me not do this!"<br />
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<br />Evan Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143097157048316510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882032130315185685.post-88923904248431276562019-01-23T13:41:00.001-08:002019-01-23T13:41:38.548-08:00Never Truly Alone.Broken inside,<br />
<br />
Ain't we all a bit of that?<br />
<br />
A bit in pain but don't know why?<br />
<br />
Torn a bit and overwhelmed,<br />
<br />
By the insanity life can toss,<br />
<br />
Yet there is hope in the darkness,<br />
<br />
A voice in the freezing cold,<br />
<br />
Saying " not all hope is gone.",<br />
<br />
So sometimes even when it is hard,<br />
<br />
We are never ever truly alone.Evan Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143097157048316510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882032130315185685.post-35364114888045027002019-01-12T12:45:00.000-08:002019-01-12T12:45:01.891-08:00Misunderstandings and Cahos Misunderstandings and Chaos,<br />
<br />
Sometimes they can plague the mind,<br />
<br />
And expectations of chaos take over inside,<br />
<br />
Even through all of it you try to smile,<br />
<br />
Remembering that through it all God is in control,<br />
<br />
And despite the confusions that may go on,<br />
<br />
He knows the full out plan,<br />
<br />
And the chaos and misunderstandings ,<br />
<br />
They are part of a life we misunderstand,Evan Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143097157048316510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882032130315185685.post-84959169218293114062019-01-04T17:48:00.000-08:002019-01-04T17:48:00.973-08:00New Horizons....Well, a really late goodbye 2018-welcome to 2019 before Today's post. :) how you enjoy.<br />
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<br />
Looking across the reddish-orange hills,<br />
<br />
Amy directed her eyes forwards,<br />
<br />
As the sun had gone above the Mountains,<br />
<br />
New horizons came along in Amy's world,<br />
<br />
A hopeful future undefined by her past,<br />
<br />
And she was excited for what God had in store.<br />
<br />
<br />Evan Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143097157048316510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882032130315185685.post-22688913464943766732018-12-27T15:05:00.000-08:002018-12-27T15:05:27.545-08:00Try to explain...Try to explain to me why I feel so isolated,<br />
<br />
Often even when with my family,<br />
<br />
I withdraw when it seems bizarre,<br />
<br />
It is not helpful one little bit, is it?<br />
<br />
I just wish I knew what was wrong with me,<br />
<br />
For me to see things the way I see,<br />
<br />
I know God has a pan but it can be just so confusing! Evan Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143097157048316510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882032130315185685.post-9452836782639715332018-12-26T14:40:00.002-08:002018-12-26T14:40:56.325-08:00A quick announcement.... Hey guys! My friend needs cash and prayers for a missions trip to China.<br />
<br />
Any Support will be welcome. Here's her Go Fund Me donation page: <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/eliz039a-mission-trip">https://www.gofundme.com/eliz039a-mission-trip</a><br />
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Sorry for the short post.<br />
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Another day went on,<br />
<br />
knowing before she knew it the time would come,<br />
<br />
To go out and help around,<br />
<br />
In another county in another town,<br />
<br />
To go and share the love of God.<br />
<br />Evan Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143097157048316510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882032130315185685.post-12873079206599120452018-12-26T04:27:00.001-08:002018-12-26T04:27:50.316-08:00Dreams Dreams went through Mandie’s mind,<br />
<br />
Dreams of joy and not more tears,<br />
<br />
Ones of love and no more hurt,<br />
<br />
A world where her troubles and afflictions were not there,<br />
<br />
But she knew in that world she was not there,<br />
<br />
So she fought on, fought on,<br />
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Just fought on, fought onEvan Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143097157048316510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882032130315185685.post-28330296353923408492018-12-16T16:23:00.002-08:002018-12-16T16:23:44.685-08:00There's still hope.In the roughest of times,<br />
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And midst the hardest trials,<br />
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There's still hope,<br />
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On the darkest of days,<br />
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When I feel like I'm insane,<br />
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There's still hope,<br />
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Because the one who saved me,<br />
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Helps keep me afloat.<br />
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<br />Evan Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143097157048316510noreply@blogger.com3